Did Mother Nature Lift Your Kilt?

[jjoseph]

Alright, I hear a lot of you guys talk about the wind catching your kilt and sending it up. I also hear reams about how kilts are heavier than women's skirts.

I have not had a wind catch my skirt up for more than maybe six inches my entire life. And I wear a skirt of some sort about once a week. And let me tell ya fellas, they are much lighter than yours. But it doesn't happen quick enough I'm not aware of it.

Well.... most kilts have a lot more surface area than a typical women's skirt and they aren't cylindrical like skirts. Once a corner or two blow up, it's like a pleated sail unfurling! And without the smallish diameter at the bottom of most skirts, it's off into the wild blue...

So if you've actually had your kilt lifted by Mother Nature herself, before you could stop it, please post here, and let us know exactly how it happened. Because I'm starting to think the overwhelming worry and eternal handwringing is nothing more than, if you'll excuse the pun, a bunch of hot air.

Cars and buildings in the Texas wind means updraft:

Entering the record store. No great embarassement there.
Entering an Italian restaurant, date on arm.... a bit more blush.
But the killer was in front of an old lady by my car in front of a religious book store. The poor old thing was genuinely offended even though I dropped my purchase to hold the pleats down by hand before any real exposure had occurred.

It really is the UPdraft though. I can hit the park for disc golf in a good breeze w/o a thought. Store entrances or between parked cars are serious danger zones though.